Famous Personalities Born In February - 05
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
0976 SanjÅ, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017) was born on February - 05.
1505 Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572) was born on this day in history.
1519 René of Châlon, (d. 1544) was born on this day in history.
1534 On February - 05 birth of giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612)
1589 Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet was born on this day in history.
1589 On February - 05 birth of esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669)
1608 On February - 05 birth of gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666)
1626 Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696) was born on February - 05.
1662 Giuseppi Vignola, composer was born on this day in history.
1703 Gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (d. 1764) was born on February - 05.
1711 On February - 05 birth of joseph Umstatt, composer
1723 John Witherspoon, clergyman/signed Declaration of Independence was born on February - 05.
1725 On this day in history birth of james Otis, American lawyer and patriot (d. 1783)
1732 On February - 05 birth of nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer
1744 John Jeffries, colonial physician/meteorologist was born on February - 05.
1748 Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer/conductor/tutor of Beethoven was born on February - 05.
1753 Coert L van Beyma thoe Kingma, Frisian regent/patriot was born on February - 05.
1770 On this day in history birth of alexandre Brongniart, Paris, mineralogist/geologist (Tertiary)
1775 Margaretha J de Neufville, author (Small Pligten) was born on this day in history.
1778 Robert Peel, British PM (1834-46)/founder (Tories) was born on February - 05.
1784 On February - 05 birth of nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1818)
1788 Karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon) was born on February - 05.
1788 On February - 05 birth of robert "Bobbie" Peel, British conservative premier/founder (Bobbies)
1795 On February - 05 birth of wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (d. 1871)
1799 John Lindley, English botanist (Elements of Botany) was born on this day in history.
1804 Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finland, poet was born on February - 05.
1808 On this day in history birth of carl Spitzweg, German painter (d. 1885)
1810 On February - 05 birth of ole Bull, composer
1810 Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist (d. 1880) was born on this day in history.
1833 John Watkinson, founder of British Chess Magazine (oldest chess mag) was born on February - 05.
1837 Dwight Lyman Moody, US, evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement) was born on this day in history.
1840 Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle) was born on February - 05.
1840 On February - 05 birth of john Boyd Dunlop, Scotland, developer (pneumatic rubber tire)
1848 On February - 05 birth of belle Starr [Myra Belle Shirley], US female outlaw (wild west)